The Tour

Running time: 106 mins

?If you think you understand what?s going on ? you haven?t been paying attention!?

For the last eighteen years, the Balkans have been a time of seemingly endless misery and tragedy; a land with all the beauty and potential of Eden, suffering war after war in which not even the participants really know who is who. It perfectly describes the lesson learned by the hapless theatre troupe from Belgrade who set off for what they think will be a cut and dried paid performance for ?the boys? near the front lines, but instead find themselves caught up in something much, much more dangerous.

Based on director Goran Marković?s own play, the film mines the ?sweet spot between comedy and tragedy so distinctive of the region?s cinema. Dedicated to Marković?s parents and partially filmed in the bombed ruins of [his own] elementary school, ?The Tour crackles with the passion of committed filmmakers delivering an of-the-moment message with showmen?s feel for edgy entertainment.? (Eddie Cockrell, Variety)

--Charlie Cockey